Numbers 29:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy assembly; you shall do no servile work: it is a day for blowing the trumpets for you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבַחֹ֨דֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֜י בְּאֶחָ֣ד לַחֹ֗דֶשׁ מִֽקְרָא־קֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶ֔ם כָּל־מְלֶ֥אכֶת עֲבֹדָ֖ה לֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֑וּ י֥וֹם תְּרוּעָ֖ה יִהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And in ḥōdeš the šəbîʿî in ʾeḥāḏ to ḥōdeš miqrāʾ-qōḏeš shall yihyeh to you, all-məleʾḵeṯ ʿăḇōḏāh not ṯaʿăśû; yôm tərûʿāh shall yihyeh to you.

Grammar Details

• *ḥōdeš*: noun, masculine, singular - month
• *šəbîʿî*: adjective, masculine, singular - seventh
• *ʾeḥāḏ*: number, masculine, singular - one/first
• *miqrāʾ-qōḏeš*: construct noun phrase - holy convocation/assembly
• *yihyeh*: verb, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - will be
• *məleʾḵeṯ*: noun, feminine, construct - work of
• *ʿăḇōḏāh*: noun, feminine, singular - labor/service
• *ṯaʿăśû*: verb, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural - you shall do
• *yôm*: noun, masculine, singular - day
• *tərûʿāh*: noun, feminine, singular - shouting/blasting

Word Meanings

• *ḥōdeš*: month/new moon
• *miqrāʾ-qōḏeš*: holy convocation/holy assembly/sacred gathering
• *məleʾḵeṯ ʿăḇōḏāh*: laborious work/servile work
• *tərûʿāh*: shouting/blasting/blowing/alarm

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall hold a sacred assembly. You shall do no regular work. It shall be a day of trumpet blasts for you.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And in the seventh{H7637} month,{H2320} on the first{H259} day of the month,{H2320} ye shall have a holy{H6944} convocation;{H4744} ye shall do{H6213} no servile{H5656} work:{H4399} it is a day{H3117} of blowing{H8643} of trumpets unto you.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And in the seventh{H7637} month{H2320}, on the first{H259} day of the month{H2320}, ye shall have an holy{H6944} convocation{H4744}; ye shall do{H6213}{(H8799)} no servile{H5656} work{H4399}: it is a day{H3117} of blowing{H8643} the trumpets unto you.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Also ye first daye of ye.vij. moneth shalbe an holy feast vnto you ad ye shall doo no laboryous worke therein. It shalbe a daye of trompetblowynge vnto you.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And the fyrst daye of the seuenth moneth shal be with you an holy couocacion. No seruyle worke shal ye do therin, for it is the daye of youre trompet blowinge.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Moreouer, in the first day of the seuenth moneth ye shall haue an holy conuocation: ye shall doe no seruile worke therein: it shall be a day of blowing the trumpets vnto you.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And in the first day of the seuenth moneth ye shall haue an holy couocation, ye shal do then no seruile worke: For it is a day of blowyng the trumpettes vnto you.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And in the seventh month, on the first [day] of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing of trumpets to you.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And in the seventh month, in the first of the month, a holy convocation ye have, ye do no servile work; a day of shouting it is to you;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing of trumpets unto you.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing of trumpets unto you.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, let there be a holy meeting; on it you may do no field-work; let the day be marked by the blowing of horns;

• World English Bible (2000)

  "'In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing of trumpets to you.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Blowing Trumpets“‘On the first day of the seventh month, you are to hold a holy assembly. You must not do your ordinary work, for it is a day of blowing trumpets for you.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 23:24-25 : 24 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy gathering. 25 You shall do no servile work in it; but you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.
• Num 10:1-9 : 1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 Make two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece you shall make them: that you may use them for calling the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. 3 And when they blow them, all the assembly shall gather themselves to you at the entrance of the tabernacle of meeting. 4 And if they blow with one trumpet, then the princes, the leaders of the thousands of Israel, shall gather to you. 5 When you blow an alarm, then the camps that are on the east side shall go forward. 6 When you blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that are on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys. 7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together, you shall blow, but you shall not sound an alarm. 8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and they shall be for you an ordinance forever throughout your generations. 9 And if you go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresses you, then you shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and you shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies. 10 Also on the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and at the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be a memorial for you before your God: I am the LORD your God.
• 1 Chr 15:28 : 28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of cornets, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.
• Ezra 3:6 : 6 From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid.
• Neh 7:73 : 73 So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the Nethinim, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities. And when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.
• Ps 81:3 : 3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the appointed time, on our solemn feast day.
• Ps 89:15 : 15 Blessed is the people who know the joyful sound; they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of your countenance.
• Isa 27:13 : 13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come who were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and they shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
• Zech 9:14 : 14 The LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth like lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.
• Mark 16:15-16 : 15 And he said to them, Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that believes and is baptized shall be saved; but he that does not believe shall be condemned.
• Rom 10:14-18 : 14 How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? 15 And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!" 16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our report?" 17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. 18 But I say, have they not heard? Yes indeed: "Their sound has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world."
• Rom 15:16-19 : 16 That I should be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 17 Therefore I have reason to glory in Christ Jesus in what pertains to God. 18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ has not accomplished through me, in making the Gentiles obedient by word and deed, 19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so from Jerusalem and all around to Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.